Laubegg Castle

The origins of Laubegg Castle date back to the Middle Ages, when it initially belonged to the Eppensteiners, before passing into the possession of the Mureckers and later the Wildoners. In 1254, Ullinus de Lovbeke, a follower of the Wildoners, was first documented. A turning point occurred in 1302 when Hartnid III. von Wildon had to cede his property Laubegg to the Diocese of Seckau and received it back as a fief. Just six years later, in 1308, the Wildoners lost the castle and lordship to the Graz Walseers. After their extinction in 1363, the Lords of Pettau took over the episcopal fief. With the death of the last Pettauer, Friedrich IX., in 1438, his daughter Agnes bequeathed the lordship to King Friedrich III., thereby gaining princely status. In 1532, the complex was destroyed during the first Austrian-Turkish War and rebuilt starting in 1561.